Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1958 — Page 8

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County Officials To Continue Fee Basis State's High Court In Ruling Wednesday INDIANAPOLIS UPI) — The doors were open today for elected county officials to continue to take most of their salary in fees until their terms expire, despite a state laW banning the nractice. The Indiana Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday that Allen County Assessor Elmer Cook could continue through this year to figure his personal income on the basis of the fees collected by his office. The high court ruling in effect reversed an opinion of Indiana , Atty. Gen. Edwin Steers that an act of the 1957 Legislature which sited straight salaries for county officials went into effect immediately for all parties. The Supreme Court upheld Allen , Superior Judge Lloyd S. Hartzler, who ruled that Cook could keep on taking his fees after Cook brought suit to determine his right to them. Named in the suit were State Auditor Roy T. Combs, State Treasurer Adolph L. Fossler. Allen County Auditor George C. Bond, Allen County Treasurer Harland Pressler and the State Board of Tax Commissioners. e On Inheritance Fees The suit specifically sought to clarify Cook’s right to inheritance tax fees. The 1957 law placed Hoosier counties in classes by population and fixed salaries for each county officer in a class. The law said officers no longer could collect their customary fees and all fees were 1 to go to county general funds. The act took effect last Jan. 1. But one section said salaries should not apply to officials of Classes 1 and 2 during their current terms of office if their aggregate incomes would be decreased. Cook s annual salary under the act would be 14,000. Cook earned □3331 FRI. & SAT. Brought Back For Laughs! THE WHOLE HAPPY HiLARIOUS THE OLD HOMESTEAD INTO A MODEL Z" FARM! <v - B |UNIVtRSAL INTERNATIONAL jxewnts M if Marjorie ® H MAIN KILBRIDE f “MA & PA KETTLE AT HOME” -0 —ADDED THRILLER—i—• a 1 JOI - A jKvgffiw —o Sun. & Mon.—BOß HOPE Anita Ekberg, “Paris Holiday”

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$3,600 salary under the old law. But he collected fees totaling $14,825.30 in 1954 j $26,659 in 1955, and $17,788 in 1956. Takes Old Way Cook decided to take his pay Under the old system until his term runs out Dec. 31. Steers had said Cook could not , collect the fees. The Supreme Court also re- , Versed part of Hartzler’s ruling, i The lower court ruled Cook still ] could collect the fees himself. But i the high court said Cook would ] have to draw his fees from the i county’s general fund. ] The ruling apparently settled all i question of whether county offi- ] cers could collect their fees in i Classes 1 and 2. Chief Justice Arch Bobbitt’s < unanimous opinion said: "It seems clear that the inten-| , tion of the Legislature .. . was to' ' prevent the reduction of the com- ' pensation of certain county offi- i cials during the term... for which they were elected.” — . I Logansport Accident Takes Second Life LOGANSPORT, Ind. (UPI) — John W. Bergsma, 77, died of traffic injuries today in Logansnort Memorial hospital. His wife, Besie, was killed in a train-car | crash Tuesday at a private railroad crossing near Logansport. The car in which the Lafayette couple was riding was struck by a stone company train. Indianapolis Man Is Killed By Train INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Phillip Bowen, 36, Indianapolis, was killed Wednesday when his small truck was hit by a New York Central Railroad passenger train at a crossing. Authorities said the truck skidded in fresh oil as Bowen applied the brakes. State Convention Os VFW Opens Today SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPI)—A four-day annual convention of the Indiana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary opened today. A oarade is scheduled for Saturday. Richard L. Roudebush, Indianapolis, national commander, will attend. Trade Jn a good town — Decatur. — Last Time Tonight — I “DON’T KNOCK THE ROCK” I Bill Haley & His Comets & “Rumble on the Docks” FRI. & SAT. V Th* MAIT.THINO TOO ANDREWS • TINA CaX” ■ Nw ■ .\7lisw **« s un —l o—o>— Sun. Mon. Tues. Big Blockbuster! “THE LONG HOT SUMMER” Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman

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THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1958